Twenty eight. Brandon gets a new ramp.▪︎☆¤▪︎☆¤▪︎☆¤
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Brandon
Sam was cooing in his little front pack. I was getting used to strapping the holder on and taking my baby boy with me everywhere.
Adam, Delilah's neighbor was coming over to place a new ramp with rails to the front porch. I would be able to go up and down by myself.
I brought Adam a beer. "How does a one armed guy do all this himself?" I asked.
Adam grinned." You're helping me, that's how. Hand me some screws from that box over there."
Adam put a few screws between his lips and used his knee to screw in a board. I helped him all the way.
Hanna, Adam's wife arrived driving their jeep.
" Hey guys, is Delilah inside?"
I shook my head.
"She's at the barn working on the hay bailor. It needs a little work."
Hanna jumped down out of the jeep. She walked up to Adam and whispered in his ear.
He nodded and stared at her as she walked away. He grinned like a school boy.
I looked at Adam and asked him what she said.
" She wanted to show me how she uh ...holds things in her mouth."
I laughed loudly and scared baby Sam, waking him up. He kept crying. Adam talked to him a minute.
" There there boy. It's okay daddy got a little excited. You'll be okay." said Adam.
Brandon was quiet. " I wish I had your finesse with Sam and my own wife. I really don't know what I'm doing."
Adam nodded. " I worked with Hanna for years, I was her boss. I didn't make a move on her for a long time. She felt the same as I did. It wasn't all sunshine and roses. She threw her shoe at me a few times."
Brandon smiled."We have a ton of s*x now. I can't feel any of it, but I don't really care. It's amazing to me to watch my wife have so much joy.
I never paid much attention to her needs before. Now that's all I care about."
Adam thought about that for a moment. " Are you ever going to walk again. I don't want to intrude."
I looked away. " My physical therapist thinks not."
Adam rubbed his arm stump.
" When I lost my arm, I had developed a drug problem. I ended up at rock bottom one day.
I wound up using with my narcotics anonymous sponsor. Hanna caught me in her bed.
She didn't scream or threaten to leave me. She just supported me, she did as my therapist had instructed her to do. She stayed away from me. She was pregnant with Joey, our oldest boy at the time.
We had some very hard times. She loved me through it all. We never doubted our love.
You and Delilah have something special, you will get through it. In the meanwhile. We need more beer here."
I turned my wheel chair and went to the kitchen, pulling out a beer for Adam.
I got a bottle of juice for myself. I was taking the seizure pills and had to limit my alcohol.
Adam was finishing up the ramp and asked me to try it out.
I smoothly rolled my chair down the ramp and handed the beer to Adam. I held up my juice.
"Cheers. To both of us over coming adversity!" I said.
Adam laughed,"To more meaningful s*x with our girls!"
I spit out the juice in my mouth as I laughed. I liked my new friend Adam.
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Delilah
I was cleaning the bailor to get ready for hay season. Hanna wandered into the barn.
"Hey Delilah, need help?"
I nodded. "Can you help me with the chickens. I need to collect the eggs still.
I miss my mother. She is taking care if her ailing sister this week. She usually does the hay stuff."
Hanna picked up a basket near the coop and started collecting eggs.
"Delilah, how is it going with Brandon here?"
"Hanna, I have to say. He is very attentive with Sam. He does everything for him. He holds him, changes him, feeds him. Everything. I love it!"
" What about you Lilah girl, does he take care of you my friend?"
I blushed. "He has been very sweet to me. Can I tell you something? Don't judge me please."
Hanna nodded." Of course not."
" Brandon is a better lover now that he can't really enjoy it.
I mean everything down there works, he just can't feel it. He makes me feel like I'm more important than his own pleasure."
"Delilah, is he ever going to get it all back?" asked Hanna.
" I believed he will. He has been moving his foot and is encouraged by his physical therapist to keep working on it."
Hanna said," Do you really want him to get better, do you think he will stray again?"
I had confided to Hanna years ago about Brandon's wandering eye.
" I want him to be whole. If he never walks again, maybe that would be okay. He might be whole in a different way." I said.
I took the eggs from Hanna and placed them into 5 cartons.
"Here take these home. Give some to your family. We have too many eggs."
Hanna agreed. " I have some wine for you. We have too much of that, with the vineyards and all."
Hanna wrapped her arm around me and kissed my cheek.
" We got eachother. Call me anytime, I mean it."
I agreed. "Did you tell Adam about your pregnancy yet?"
Hanna shook her head.
" You and my sister, Avery are the only ones that know for now. Baby number 3 is our secret."
I rubbed Hanna's belly. "I might be right there with you. I'm late."
Hanna giggled. "Our babies will be best friends."
Brandon took Sam out of his little front pack carrier and put him into his crib. He went out with the baby monitor and waved goodbye to Adam and Hanna.
I rubbed his legs down for him and took off his shoes.
When I rubbed his foot he jerked back. "That tickled."
I touched him again. "You feel this?"
He nodded. "Delilah, I can feel my toes." He cried silently.
I kissed his head. "I knew you would be back. I knew it."
He pulled me onto his lap.
"I love you. You did this with all if your stimulation."
I turned and straddled him, looking into his eyes. "I did do it, didn't I. I want to do it right now." I licked his ear.
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Brandon
I lifted her off of me and onto the bed. My upper arms were quite strong still.
Sliding over to the bed, I sat at the bedside as I pulled my legs up onto the bed.
I removed my pants and rolled onto my wife, moving with my strong arms and upper chest.
I let her wrap her legs around me and pull me into her moistness.
Delilah clung to me. I pushed my foot on the mattress. I was moving my foot.
I laughed. "I'm moving Delilah. I can feel my foot."
She lay back and looked at my face.
"I don't care of you ever walk again, but if you do...I will be so happy for you, for Sam. I love you Brandon."
I bent down and kissed my wife.
" You my love are my motivation. I'm so sorry for the hell I put you through. I was such a self absorbed jerk to you.
Delilah, you changed me. I will always love you like this, I promise you."
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